#596A4E#596A4E

#596A4E is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.048 H 133.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A4E
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 78)
HSL	hsl(96, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 26.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, -12.13, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 18.27, 131.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% -0.0328 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.048 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6487, 12.9818, 9.1510)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A4E #5F4E6A

analogous

#676A4E #596A4E #4E6A51

triadic

#596A4E #4E596A #6A4E59

tetradic

#596A4E #4E676A #5F4E6A #6A514E

square

#596A4E #4E676A #5F4E6A #6A514E

split-complementary

#596A4E #514E6A #6A4E67

monochromatic

#1E231A #3B4734 #596A4E #778D68 #96A98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#596A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#596A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A4E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A4E	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C664C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.048 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88947f',
    500: '#596a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a4e;
$custom-light: #88947f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.429,
    "s": 15.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50201,
    "c": 0.04773,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A4E

secondary

#8D7D96

accent

#70B89C

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A4E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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